Do what you love doing!

Some people know what they want to be since their childhood, while others cannot determine what their passion is and what they can do with it to earn money. Matthew Williamson had no such a problem when he was small. At the age of 11 he already knew what he would do for a living.

The fashion designer even couldn’t understand why his sister was unaware of what career she wanted. The boy had never contemplated doing anything else.

He said:

I wanted to be a designer from the age of about 11. There was never any question in my mind. I just knew. I remember my sister couldn’t decide if she wanted to be a nurse or a teacher, and I was like, ‘How do you not know?’ “

Matthew’s parents could hardly understand their son’s aspiration as their jobs were rather simple – his father sold electrical items, his mother worked as an optician’s receptionist – but they didn’t try to persuade him to choose something different.

He said:

I think it probably was quite shocking for a parent to have a son who wants to be a fashion designer, but for them it was a spark of uniqueness and that grew into pride. It was like, ‘Well, thank God he’s got passion.’ “

When Matthew entered London’s prestigious Central Saint Martins college, he was the youngest among 60 other boys but he was probably the most talented.

He explained to Britain’s The Observer newspaper:

I became absolutely determined to go there. The plan was to go to a place in Manchester to do a foundation year first, but in the interview this woman said, ‘What you have in your folder is what we expect when you leave the foundation course.’

Now the designer is known all over the world and plenty of famous people admire his designs. The list of Williamson’s fans include: Sienna Miller, Lindsay Lohan, Jade Jagger, Cheryl Cole and Helena Christensen.

1. September 6th, 2009 at 9:50 am
   Linda Says:

   Lindsay became too thin! Too ugly